Tribe: Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation
5.00.005 Declaration of Restorative
Justice.
The Lummi Nation declares that criminal
offenses should be adjudicated with a focus on
the rehabilitation of offenders and
reconciliation for the harm caused to victims
and the Lummi Community. Where offenders
and victims consent, offenders sentenced
under this Title are afforded a wide range of
opportunities to assume responsibility and
take action toward wellness and repairing
harm.
Incarceration is always considered an
extraordinary measure under any offense
enumerated in this Title and should be
imposed only where an offender is found to
have caused serious injury to a victim or the
community or caused other serious
circumstances which warrant a jail sentence.